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RockRaven

(19,487 posts)
1. I implore everyone: watch as few games through the paid routes as you can stand.
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 01:22 PM
9 hrs ago

I get it, it is one small pleasure in an otherwise rough existence, yada yada. The service is already paid for for other reasons, so might as well watch. But if everyone just goes along it will only get worse.

Regulators/courts will not be putting a stop to this. Only loss of viewership can even begin to slow it down.

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I implore everyone: watch as few games through the paid routes as you can stand. RockRaven 9 hrs ago #1
I think we can all agree: True Dough 9 hrs ago #2
Good grief. Time to move on and away from football and other sports that charge ultra-high prices SWBTATTReg 9 hrs ago #3
I think the Fantasy Football craze has developed the appetite to watch games milestogo 9 hrs ago #5
I use to enjoy watching the replay of the Masters each evening after work. surfered 9 hrs ago #4
I think Monday night, Thursday night, and Sunday night football should still be free on regular tv. milestogo 9 hrs ago #6
Thanks Trump! surfered 7 hrs ago #17
Thursday night games have been exclusively on Prime for several years now. Wiz Imp 2 hrs ago #23
That's what sports bars are for. sop 9 hrs ago #7
True. milestogo 9 hrs ago #14
To add injury to insult genxlib 9 hrs ago #8
Even my husband, a lifelong Commanders fan Jilly_in_VA 9 hrs ago #9
Even though I have a number of these streaming services Henry203 9 hrs ago #10
Actually for the past couple of years, I have cut football Dan 9 hrs ago #11
I quit watching pro sports (except the WNBA) in the 90s rurallib 9 hrs ago #13
ALL college sports are now Professional sports as college athletes in all sports can receive NIL money. Wiz Imp 2 hrs ago #22
I began boycotting the NFL decades ago synni 9 hrs ago #12
I'm so sorry. milestogo 9 hrs ago #16
Ludicrous!! Pisces 9 hrs ago #15
Sail the High Seas IbogaProject 7 hrs ago #18
Whenever Rebl2 4 hrs ago #19
Mostly true, but some areas are primary markets for more than one team Wiz Imp 2 hrs ago #21
Extremely misleading article Wiz Imp 2 hrs ago #20
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